He doesn't credit himself with any particular olfactory gift such as the one possessed by Grenouille, the homicidal perfumer in the novel "Perfume, " who is blessed, or perhaps cursed, with the planet's most discerning nostrils. (If you haven't, it's a stunning read.) "I have an educated nose, " he explained.
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She said that broader powers will only help IRS agents quickly identify particularly straightforward errors, like overstepping lifetime limits for a certain credit, but won't help with some of the more complicated issues.
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It said it won't make loans without down payments and won't lend to borrowers with credit scores below 600.
If you have a franchise, your franchise organization will be handling most of the referrals from online travel agencies, but those didn't originate with the franchise organization, and they can't fairly claim credit for 'getting' it for you.
Likewise, inserts with credit card bills didn't land many new subscribers.
Android 2.3.7 isn't the OS prospective fangeeks with credit cards at the ready -- nor we presume, Sony, with this much-anticipated debut -- wanted for the Ion.
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It isn't wise to share credit-card or password information with freelance virtual assistants before building a trusting relationship, experts say.
So far, we haven't seen a single report of any credit card fraud with a proven link to Sony's networks being hacked, which is very reassuring.
So I did mention the Columbian situation in my article because I wanted to give credit to that view that says we shouldn't deal with kidnapping because the consequences are so bad.
Although he doesn't get script credit and he's not working with regular collaborator Adam McKay here (it's actually co-directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck, with a screenplay credited to Jeff and Craig Cox, among others), Ferrell remains the movie's alpha male.
"One of the things BP hasn't gotten credit for is how successful they've been with the drill bit, " he says.
Credit-union executives say they aren't trying to compete with the federal government.
But pawnshop owners say more upscale clientele are responding to a different kind of economic pressure: With credit tight, even the rich can't always get a traditional loan on short notice.
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"But for the average American, I don't have a problem with them having one or two credit cards" to combine recurring expenses into a single monthly payment, he added.
He won't take credit for the idea, saying the idea of a submarine with fins and wings has been thought of before.
Yesterday I had to stay home and wait for new credit cards to be shipped to me, and didn't have a laptop with me.
Banks must notify credit bureaus independently about any changes to a borrower's credit history and aren't required to do so as part of the settlement with regulators.
Wright and Green credit Anastasio with the flexibility and bravery to know when a song isn't working, as he did just a week into previews at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.
Despite being one of the few Italian players to emerge with any credit from a dismal 2010 World Cup, Di Natale hasn't featured for the national team under new coach Cesare Prandelli.
The news for Europe's banks doesn't get a lot better, with this morning's downgrade of the credit ratings of Portugal's banks by Moody's - on concerns about the quality of their big loans to the Portuguese government (inter alia).
"As a younger teen, I actually received a credit card and didn't know my spending limit and that kind of thing, so I maxed out the credit card and was penalized for it, and that's why I don't have one now, " Shaw said, explaining her previous troubles with credit.
Independent economists credit the Recovery Act with growing the economy and for 2 million jobs that otherwise wouldn't exist.
Banks and other issuers would have a difficult time extending credit to consumers, even at high interest rates, if they couldn't augment those revenues with fee income.
The top benefit of the settlement, small-business owners say, isn't that the ability to charge customers more, but to negotiate fees with the credit-card networks and banks.
They tend to be costly with few rewards and don't have the flexibility of a general-purpose credit card, experts say.
Credit card issuers could no longer lure co-eds with BPA-free water bottles or sleeveless t-shirts and card seekers under 21 needed a parental co-sign.
In prior years, some banks would encourage homeowners to pay off mortgages with credit cards they issued to get rebates or other rewards, but they haven't done this since the housing bubble burst.
This isn't great news for folks who don't pass carriers' credit checks, or for anyone who doesn't want to get tied down into indentured servitude yearly contracts with cell carriers.
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission's settlement with a major credit bureau that hit consumers with charges after promising a free credit report is a victory for all those who don't read the small print.
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